NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court has dismissed the regular bail plea of CM Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar on Friday in the alleged assault of AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal.This is the second time the court has rejected his bail request, with the first dismissal on May 27.Maliwal had accused Bibhav Kumar of…
NEW DELHI: Shortly after meeting President Droupadi Murmu and staking claim to form the next NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told reporters that the swearing-in ceremony will be held on the evening of June 9.Speaking in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan, PM Modi said: “The President called me just now and asked me…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on Friday clarified his position on his political future and said that he might not contest another Lok Sabha election if the next polls are held five years from now. Tharoor said people should know when to step aside for the ‘younger blood’. “Not electoral politics but…
NEW DELHI: Four Indian medical students drowned in a river near St. Petersburg, Russia. The victims, comprising two boys and two girls aged 18 to 20, were students at Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod. One of the deceased Jishan, who was swept away by the powerful wave, was on a video call with his…
NEW DELHI: Having spent the last decade like an all-powerful CEO, running the govt at the Centre on his own, all eyes are now on Narendra Modi, who is set to start his third consecutive term as PM, leading the NDA coalition with BJP missing out on getting a majority, unlike 2014 and 2019. The…
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Thursday, said that simply establishing arbitration institutions is not enough, and measures must be taken to prevent these dispute resolution centers from being dominated by a “self-perpetuating clique.”Speaking at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Chandrachud urged countries like India to rise to the challenge of fostering…
NEW DELHI: Pralhad Joshi, a senior BJP leader, announced at the NDA parliamentary party meeting that Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term on Sunday, June 9 at 6 pm. The meeting, held at the Central Hall of the old Parliament Building, was attended by NDA MPs and…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Friday informed that they have initiated an investigation and filed an FIR against three individuals who allegedly used fake Aadhar cards to gain entry into the Parliament complex on May 4. The FIR says that one of the accused, Kasim, was using an Aadhar card belonging to Monis, a…
NEW DELHI: India has added Bihar’s two bird sanctuaries in the country’s list of wetlands of international importance under Ramsar convention, becoming a joint third with China in terms of having 82 such sites in the global list. Currently, the highest number of such sites is in the UK (175) followed by Mexico (144). The…
NAGPUR: The daughter-in-law of 82-year-old Nagpur businessman Puroshattam Puttewar was arrested Thursday for her alleged involvement in murder on May 22 when a car driven by hired killers struck him fatally in Balaji Nagar area of the city over a Rs 300cr property dispute with his legal heirs, police said.Archana Puttewar, assistant director of town…
